Liturgy

Definition

An expensive public service that a wealthy Athenian performed at his own cost.

Used by OCR

Paper 5

Athens used liturgies: expensive public services that wealthy men performed at their own cost. The main military liturgy was the trierarchy. The trierarch paid to equip and maintain a trireme and its crew for a year, and was expected to command the ship himself.
Revise: Athenian Military Organisation, Recruitment and Funding

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GCSE Classics · key term

An expensive public service that a wealthy Athenian performed at his own cost.

Used by OCR

Paper 5

Athens used liturgies: expensive public services that wealthy men performed at their own cost. The main military liturgy was the trierarchy. The trierarch paid to equip and maintain a trireme and its crew for a year, and was expected to command the ship himself.
Revise: Athenian Military Organisation, Recruitment and Funding

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